Where does “Finger” come from?
Finger (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic fingr, from Proto-Germanic fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European penkʷrós.
Finger (Saterland Frisian): finger
Ancestry of “Finger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Frisian | finger | finger |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | fingr | finger |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | fingraz | finger |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | penkʷrós | — |